The EU Approach to Resilience:

Learning from Food Security Crisis

An increasing fragile World

Food crise

s

Food and nutrition insecurity

Poverty and limited access to productive

assets

Inappropriate land tenure

systems

Environmental degradation and desertification

Climate change

Pressure on natural

resources

Demography and

urbanization

Exposure to natural hazards

Exposure to economic shocks and

political conflicts

Food prices fluctuation

Resilience - DefinitionResilience is the ability of an individual, a household, a community, a country or a region to withstand, to adapt, and to quickly recover from stresses and shocks.

Resilience at different levels, with various dimensions

International

National

Local/communities

Individual/householdSocial

Politics and institutions

Hum

anEducation, Health

PhysicalInfrastructure

Natural

water, land, forest

Economic

Areas of resilience improvementStrengthening Capacities

Availability• Improved inputs (e.g. resistant varieties)

• Sustainable agriculture• Good practices of DRR

Access• Social protection (e.g. social transfers)

• Alternative incomes• Food self-production

Stability• Food and agri-input stocks• Food assistance• Strengthening of local

markets• Insurance schemes

Utilization• Hygiene and nutrition education

• Diet diversification and food quality improvement

Food Crises

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tAGIR Initiative• Environmental crises

• 18 million affected people• Major agricultural losses• Food crisis

• end hunger and malnutrition• achieve a substantial and durable

improvement in the resilience of the most vulnerable populations

Global Partnership between West Africa countries and regional organizations (ECOWAS UEMOA and CILSS) and their international partners, civil society and private sector

500 m € for the EU Action Plan

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s SHARE Initiative• Political, economic and

environmental crisis• 12 million affected people• Soaring food insecurity and

undernutrition• Food crises

• treatment of severe malnutrition in infants

• improved management of natural resources, livestock health and trade, agriculture

• alternative income generating activities

• basic services (water, sanitation)

• DRR

Partnership with IGAD- Global Alliance260 m € for the recovery

Resilience supported by EDF- Regional ProgrammesRéserve régionale de sécurité alimentaire pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest

(pilot phase: 56 millions €, à partir de 2013)« Répondre efficacement aux crises alimentaires aux côtés des Etats et des acteurs, tout en contribuant à la mise en œuvre de l’ECOWAP/PDDAA dans une perspective de sécurité et de souveraineté alimentaires régionales » 

Three level of intervention:- Local stocks (at local community level)- National reserves (managed by each country)- Regional reserves (managed through regional institutions)

Sites of storage:1. North Nigeria/south Niger2. South Mali/South Burkina/North Ghana3. Senegal 4. Guinea/ Liberia/Sierra Leone

Mobilization of the stocks done on the pay back principle!!!

Sustainable agricultureo Improved and more resilient agricultural techniques and practiceso Seeds varieties resistant to pests and extreme weathero Sustainable use of water and other natural resourceso Improved positive interaction between agriculture and natural

resourceso Better management of waste and reduced post-harvest losseso Reduce dependence from energy and non-renewable resources

(fossil fuels, mineral fertilizers)

o Sustainable intensification of agriculture

What is the Commission proposing? (1)1. Resilience as a priority for EU funding: support to partner countries' own resilience strategies

2. A new strategic approach - Address root causes of vulnerability - Long term commitment

- Strengthening capacities at all levels – from individual to regional institutions

- Coordinated planning and programming between humanitarian and development actors

- Flexibility and adaptation to changing circumstances- Local ownership and working in partnership

What is the Commission proposing? (2)

3. Developping a deeper understanding of risk reduction and management (methodologies+ replication of successful approaches)

4. International advocacy

5. Developping new instruments: innovative approaches to risk reduction and management, use of trust funds…

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LDC LMIC

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UMIC & Graduated

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Way forwards: Geographical evidence - lack of resilience to food crises

Next steps:

- Action Plan in 2013

- Council Conclusions

- EDF / DCI 2014-2020 & AGIR

Political commitment should be translated into practice ! …

Package for 2013: overview of EU policy initiatives

Food security policy (2010) +

Council Conclusions

Nutrition policy (2013)

+ Commission Action Plan to achieve 2012

commitment to reduce stunting in 7 million

children by 2025 (annex)

Resilience approach (2012)

Food and nutrition security implementation plan (2013)

Joint undertaking: Commission and Member States

Thank you !